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2 boys, 3 adults shot to death in Illinois town

MANCHESTER: The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in

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Kerry pushes Turkey-Israel rapprochement

ISTANBUL: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Turkey to speed up and cement an American-brokered rapprochement with Israel, and he explored with Palestinian officials new ways to

Boston bomb suspect hospitalized under heavy guard

BOSTON: Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard Saturday — apparently in no shape to be interrogated — as investigators tried to establish

Boston Marathon bomber manhunt: One suspect dead, second on the run, police say

BOSTON—A late-night police chase and shootout has ended with one marathon bombing suspect dead and another on the run here, Boston Police commissioner Ed Davis said early Friday morning. One

Nearly 70 dead‚ hundreds injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion: Report

CHICAGO:Some 60 to 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured by an explosion at a fertilizer plant outside Waco, Texas, local media reported, citing the local emergency manager. The

Hundreds of injuries likely from Texas fertilizer plant blast: official

Hundreds of people were likely injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a fertilizer plant, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety told Reuters. The spokesman, D.L. Wilson, added that a

Letter addressed to Obama contained Ricin; Senate office buildings evacuated

A letter addressed to President Barack Obama was found to contain Ricin Wednesday, the FBI announced, the same day Senate office buildings were partially evacuated following the discovery of “suspicious

China points finger at U.S. over Asia-Pacific tensions

BEIJING: China’s defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on Tuesday for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence and alliances in

At least three dead, 130 injured after bombs explode at Boston Marathon

At least 130 people are injured and three dead after two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon. The injuries include dismemberment, witnesses said, and

Rights activists protest across US, demand closure of Guantanamo Bay

WASHINGTON: Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the jail entered a third month.